Record Details

NHER Number:29779
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age metal find

Summary

Metal detecting in 1993 recovered part of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 39 92
Map Sheet:TM39SE
Parish:GELDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 1993. Metal detecting.
Middle Bronze Age side looped and socketed spearhead, (S1). Most of blade missing.
Polaroid (S2) NCM, copy in file.
Sides of blade very blunted as if used for some other purpose.
Identified by J.Davies (NCM) 5 May 1993.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Davies, J.A.. 1993. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead.. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

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